January, 1 9 1 i 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



229 



TO OUR NEW READERS 



We have tried hard to put just the help you need in this 



PLANNING and PLANTING MANUAL 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE is devoted solely and entirely to the interests of 

 the amateur gardener. It is full of practical assistance for the man or woman 

 with moderate means, interested in developing the home grounds to the best 

 advantage. Every issue in season contains planting plans and lists — tabular matter as 

 to what, when, and, most important, where to plant. 



These Contents in This Issue 



What Planting Does to Make a House a Home. Before and after 

 effects. What you can do this Spring. 



How The Ridge Sprayed Its Trees. An account of community co- 

 operative work with power sprayers for scale and other pests of shade 

 and orchard trees — a really practical suggestion for a dozen people 

 anywhere to get results at low cost. 



"Hurry Ups " and "Boosts" for the man without a greenhouse. 

 Telling of the useful contrivances that are available to force along 

 early crops and to protect tender plants when frost sets in. 



New Trees and Shrubs from China. Especially suitable to the 

 warmer regions of the country and the Pacific Slope. Hundreds of 

 glorious trees and shrubs not adapted to New England gardens are 

 eminently desirable and worth growing elsewhere. This article, by the 

 man who introduced them, tells of many of the best. 



Flowers from Frost to Frost. A simple account of what you can 

 plant this Spring to give you bloom in abundance all the year through; 

 also with an eye to permanency. 



The New Home and Its Development. Beginning a short series on 

 the development of the home site. The first installment deals with 

 the vital points: 



a. What you want. b. What you can afford to have. 



Odds and Ends from Everywhere. The Readers' Forum in which 

 you are likely to find a letter on " anything under the sun." Practical 

 records of practical people who are " passing it on " to others. 



Taking the Gamble out of Gardening. Preparing the way for sure 

 results in your back yard. How to plan your own vegetable garden 

 to fit your needs. 



Bramble Berries for Your Home Garden. Whether you live in the 

 North or South, this article will tell you what proportions of the dif- 

 ferent berries will fit your case. Select variety lists for quality. 



Alternative Color Schemes for the Hardy Border with complete 

 planting lists and plans with exact quantities to use. These plans are 

 on a unit basis and can be expanded or condensed to fit any garden. 

 Working blue prints also available. 



Pottery, Furniture, etc., for the Garden. Something about the per- 

 manent material that may be used as a support to the living materials 

 in garden making. 



Pin Money Crops for the Back Yard. The introduction to a new 

 series of articles which will tell of opportunities that lie in the back 

 yard of growing extremely well some small crop for profit. One way 

 to make the Home pay its way. 



Editorial Chat. Notes and comments on passing events of moment to 

 the garden lover. Reflective and inspiring. 



Complete Planting Plan for the Average Suburban Lot. (This is 

 a prize plan, in an international competition of several hundreds and 

 specially redrawn for The Garden Magazine by the designer, who 



provides complete planting plans, specifications, etc. with cost data.) 



Hosts of Snappy Hints 



Flowers You Can Have on a Poor Soil. 



Hardy Vines for All Purposes. (Those that will grow anywhere 

 indeed.) 



Garden Sources of Potash. (A sternly practical hint in these 

 troubled times.) 



An Early and Long Flowering Ground Cover. (Something that is 

 a sea of white and quite hardy. 



Grafting the Christmas Cactus. (An extremely simple job that can 

 be done in the window garden. 



What to Do with that Shaded Border. 



"Old Fashioned" Flower Gardens with planting plans. 



Sweet Smelling Lavender. (How it is grown and cured for'use.) 



Making Hotbed Mats at Home. (You'll need them next month.) 



A Substitute Where It's Too Hot for Gooseberries. (Merely a 

 hint for the Southerner.) 



Month's Reminder; and, Of Course, the Usual News of Clubs and 

 Societies, etc., etc. 



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